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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
Good points.
And now these doctrines are so foundational to our beliefs that it comes as a real shock to people when you question them.
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To some people it is. And I can see why. "You believed this all of your life and now you are changing?!!!!!"
The big problem, that many see, are those that leave change their view of doctrine and even the operation of the Spirit of God, to name a few. I saw my oldest sister do that after being hurt on the mission field and coming home broke. We have differences of opinion on
Acts 2:38, which we rarely discuss.
We don't see, in our communities, any churches doing anything more or having a move of God like we do, so we stay and wonder how to keep what we have while changing others things.
It definitely is not something that can change overnight. And it's definitely something that only God can work out in each life. What I don't want to do is pour on the criticism for people - either way. I don't criticize those that leave and I guess I would expect the same for those that stay. There is too much involved to take this and handle it lightly.